Congress Plaza Hotel
The Congress Plaza Hotel is a hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, across from Grant Park. Opened by R.H. Southgate just before the 1893 World’s Fair, the hotel has hosted numerous US Presidents and a wide range of political and cultural events.Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Chicago
- Address: 520 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago "L" and Auditorium Theatre.
Chicago "L"
Photo: lazytom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms… Chicago "L" is situated 1,200 feet north of Congress Plaza Hotel.
Auditorium Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Auditorium Theatre is a music and performance venue in the Auditorium Building at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the building was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and completed in 1889. Auditorium Theatre is situated 370 feet north of Congress Plaza Hotel.
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Photography was founded in 1976 by Columbia College Chicago as the successor to the Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography. Museum of Contemporary Photography is situated 330 feet south of Congress Plaza Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Printers Row and Jewelers Row District.
Printers Row
Neighborhood
Photo: puroticorico, CC BY 2.0.
Printers Row is a Chicago neighborhood located in South Loop. The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B. Wells Drive on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west.
Jewelers Row District
Neighborhood
The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…
Loop
Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.
Congress Plaza Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, hotel building, and accommodation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.87508° or 41° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.62484° or 87° 37′ 29″ westElevation
627 feet (191 metres)Open location code
86HJV9GG+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 147077307OpenStreetMap feature
building=hotelOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelGeoNames ID
6483280Wikidata ID
Q5160816
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Congress Plaza Hotel” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق كونجرس بلازا”
- French: “Congress Plaza Hotel”
- Italian: “Congress Plaza Hotel”
- Spanish: “Congress Plaza Hotel”
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